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Mon. 2/1/16 3:33am
pacific standard simon:
It's like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both dying on July 4th, 1826. Which they did.

Mon. 2/1/16 3:36am
Sr.Blanco:
Another significant coincidence: Willian Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23rd, 1616.

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Mon. 2/1/16 3:40am
Jeff Conklin:
I wasn't on the air when all of those dudes died :(

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Mon. 2/1/16 3:41am
pacific standard simon:
Here's a good one: "[Aldous] Huxley died at 5:20pm, London time, on 22 November 1963. About ten minutes later, CS Lewis died. Just under an hour after that, of course, JFK was shot and killed in Dallas. There may never have been a deadlier 70 minutes for celebrity[.]"

Mon. 2/1/16 3:58am
Josh:
It was my computer! Absolutely fine after a reboot. What a peculiar manifestation of a bug. Thanks for the replies though, kind people. Happily back in the bosom of the avant ghetto...

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:12am
coelacanth:
i may be wrong instead, but i'm going by a friend who has far more authority than myself,and most people, in the field of languages.

Mon. 2/1/16 4:12am
Nick:
She did some music after moving to Portland, but yeah not much. Marty Balin said in a statement today "I imagine that she and Paul woke up in heaven and said, ‘Hey what are you doing here? Let’s start a band.'" Ha!

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:13am
pacific standard simon:
Most of my favorite JA tracks feature Marty or Grace or Jorma. Paul was the one I had trouble with picking out of the mix.

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:16am
pacific standard simon:
I used to see Paul, though, hanging out at Mabuhay Gardens (North Beach, San Francisco). He was a fan of teh new wave.

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:19am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
@pss: Nov. '63 is my birth month (I was b. the 3rd) - but I didn't know they all died on the 22nd w/in 70 minutes! Also that day: 'With the Beatles' was released, & after JFK coverage on the BBC, the 1st episode of 'Dr. Who', called 'An Unearthly Child'.

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:37am
pacific standard simon:
There were a lot of Airplane/Dead jam bands, but Garcia specifically went into the recording studio with the Airplane during the recording of Surrealistic Pillow. Garcia was especially prolific in his sharing of his exploration of the pedal steel guitar.

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:39am
Jeff Conklin:
Legend has it Garcia produced SP but because of record company mumbo jumbo had to be given only a "spiritual adviser" credit.

Mon. 2/1/16 4:40am
Nick:
Cool, thanks for the info

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Mon. 2/1/16 4:46am
pacific standard simon:
My favorite JA tracks are "It's No Secret" and "She Has Funny Cars", so that should tell you everything you need to know about my prejudices.

Mon. 2/1/16 4:53am
the Canterbury wood-elf:
Last night I prepared a Signe/Paul tribute for my monthly podcast. I also chose "Crown of Creation", plus "DCBA-25", "Eskimo Blue Day" (live at Woodstock) and a couple off the first album with Signe ("High Flying Bird" and "Run Around"). A shame it took two deaths to remind me how much I love the Airplane.

And yeah, there are some great jams recorded with Garcia at the house in Fulton Street.

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Mon. 2/1/16 5:17am
pacific standard simon:
Dino Valenti always puts a bad taste in my mouth, in spite of the fact that he wrote one of the best hippie songs ever. He never recorded the best version of any song, including the ones he wrote himself.

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Mon. 2/1/16 5:18am
Jeff Conklin:
His Me and My Uncle is the best in my opinion...And 'Shame on You Babe' is all-time killer that was left off the album for some insane reason.

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Mon. 2/1/16 5:38am
pacific standard simon:
The best story about "Me And My Uncle" is that John Phillips didn't even remember writing it, he was so drunk. After Judy Collins recorded it and started sending Phillips royalties, they had to sort it out.

As for Weir's interpretation, we will have to agree to disagree. I don't think that there is a serious interpretation of that song.

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Mon. 2/1/16 5:48am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
I was a little brother - one of the typical ways one becomes a Music Nerd, I think
- so, Jefferson Airplane was some of the earliest music I was exposed to in my whole life. Even the album covers are especially evocative to me. Ah me - Mortality...

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Mon. 2/1/16 5:49am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Mr. elf: Do you know if I Copy & Paste that RSS into iTunes I may subscribe to you there?

Mon. 2/1/16 5:55am
the Canterbury wood-elf:
@Jeff Dick Gaughan's name is pronounced "Gochan" with a guttural "ch" (more like a "k"). Great show by the way, thanks!

Mon. 2/1/16 5:56am
the Canterbury wood-elf:
@RRN63. I still haven't figured out the whole RSS thing. I suspect my podcasts aren't listed on iTunes, but perhaps I'm wrong (I don't use it). I know I have listeners who subscribe via RSS clients though. Let me know how you get on...